Difference between revisions of "Open Season"

Revision as of 15:34, 23 October 2022

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 DRM

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or Rename
Go to <path-to-game>\Videos Delete or Rename: `COLULOGO.bik`, `SCPCLOGO.bik`, `SPALOGO.bik`, `UBI_LOGO.bik`

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\System\OpenSeason.ini^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\System\User.ini^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\System\*.sav^{[Note 1]}

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Enable Alt+F4

Instructions
Download SuperF4, Install and open it. Press Ctrl+Alt+F4 keys simultaneously to exit the game during the game.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Set Vsync
Go to <path-to-game> and open `OpenSeason.ini` Search for the line containing `UseVSync=` Set Vsync with either of the following: `UseVSync=True` or `UseVSync=False`

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Dolby Digital
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
Dutch
English
French
German
Spanish

Change Language

Instructions
Go to <path-to-game>\System and open `SetLanguage.exe` And select the language you want

Issues fixed

Vsync (Enable by default) not working on Windows 10

The game uses Vsync enable by default but in Windows 10 it does not work because the game uses DirectX 8 and the Vsync of DirectX 8 in Windows 10 is broken

Instructions
Download dgvoodoo2. Copy `D3D8.DLL` from the \MS\x86\ folder to the <path-to-game>

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8	Game claims DX9 to be a requirement, but uses d3d8 for rendering.
Shader Model support	1.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000	XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz AMD Athlon 1.5 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 2 GHz AMD Athlon 2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible Shader model 1.1 support
Sound (audio device)	Audio solution containing Dolby Digital Live required for Dolby Digital audio
Other	16x CD-ROM drive or 4x DVD-ROM drive

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Note 1]

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 |antialiasing               = false
 |antialiasing notes         =
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = always on
 |vsync notes                = See [[#Vertical sync (Vsync)|Vertical sync (Vsync)]].
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 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
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 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
 |macos intel 32-bit app =
 |macos intel 64-bit app =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}

Developers

	Ubisoft Montreal
	Ubisoft Quebec
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2
Release dates
Windows	September 12, 2006